Critical care nursing: a holistic approach
by Fontaine, Dorrie K. Morton, Patricia Gonce
Morton (nursing, U. of Maryland) and Fontaine (nursing, U. of Virginia) bring together nursing specialists from the US and Canada and present students with 56 chapters on the theory and application knowledge needed in critical care nursing. Emphasizing patient-centered care, they cover the concept of holistic care as applied to the critical care context, including the psychosocial effects of critical illness on the patient and family, the effects of the critical care environment, the role of pa…
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Morton (nursing, U. of Maryland) and Fontaine (nursing, U. of Virginia) bring together nursing specialists from the US and Canada and present students with 56 chapters on the theory and application knowledge needed in critical care nursing. Emphasizing patient-centered care, they cover the concept of holistic care as applied to the critical care context, including the psychosocial effects of critical illness on the patient and family, the effects of the critical care environment, the role of patient and family education, strategies for relieving pain and promoting comfort, and palliative care; professional practice issues, both legal and ethical, and characteristics of critical care nurses; pediatric, pregnant, and elderly patients, and those recovering from anesthesia; transport and disaster situations; and care of patients with disorders of various systems. This edition has emphasis on evidence-based practice, excerpts from American Association of Critical Care Nurses practice alerts, and guidelines from other organizations; new icons to identify drug therapy tables and laboratory and diagnostic tables; new genetics and patient safety boxes; new diagnostic tests and medications; updated technologies; developments in the assessment and management of acute respiratory distress syndrome and the use of enteral and parenteral nutrition; updated information on HIV/AIDS and oncological emergencies; and new case study/short answer questions.
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- Publication Date:2012
- Edition:10. ed., International ed
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- Publisher(s):Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Place of Publication:Philadelphia, Pa
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012
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Previous edition: 2008
The Physical Object
- Description:1321 p. : : (hbk., illustrations i farver)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781609137496, 1609137493
- oclc:ocn821034044
- Dewey Decimal:616.028
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